Epidemiology of melanocytic naevi in children from lleida, catalonia, Spain: Protective role of sunscreen in the development of acquired moles

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 479-484

  Moreno, Sara ^a   Soria, Xavier ^a   Martínez, Montserrat ^b   Martí, Rosa M ^a   Casanova, Josep M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Childhood; Risk factors; Skin photoprotection

Indexed keywords

SUNSCREEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DENSITY; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; SUN; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNBURN; TRUNK; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUNLIGHT; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPAIN; SUNLIGHT; SUNSCREENING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84976908670     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-2277     Document Type: Article

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